Concbete-tile manufacturing machine



April 17, 192s.'

D. NEUVERT CONCRETE TILE MANUFACTURING MACHINE Filed Aug. 24. 1927 ATTOR N EY P'aieniedApr. 17, 192s.

PATENT OFFICE..

DAVID NEUVERT, or HERINGTON. KANSAS.

CONCRETE-TILE MANUFACTURING MACHINE.

Applcation'led August 24, 1927. Serial No. 215,165:

rlhis invention relates to concrete tile and block manufacturing machines, and its general object is to provide a machine that will form tile and the like.l in a d-ense and compact manner, with maximum amount of water and with minimum tamping. A further object of the invention is to provide a concrete tile manufacturing machine including means whereby the rtile can be easily and expeditiously.removed therefrom without removing or collapsing the form.

Another object of the invention is to provide a machine of the character set/forth, that can be used for making various sizes of tile by merely changing the size of the form and compacting former.

A still further object of the invention is to provide a tile manufacturing machine that is simple in construction, inexpensive to manufacture and efficient in operation and service.

,This invention also consists in certain other features 'of construction and in the combination and arrangement of the several parts, to be hereinafter fully described, il-

F lustrated in the accompanying drawings and specifically pointed claims. e

In describing my invention in detail, reference will be had to the accompanying drawings wherein like characters denotelike or corresponding parts throughout the several views, and in which:

Figure 1 is a vertical sectional View taken through the machine forming the subject matter of the present invention and showing parts thereof in elevation.

Figure 2 is a top plan view.

Figure 3 is a sectional view taken approximately on line 3 3 of Figure 1.

Figure 4 is a perspective view of the stripper.

Referring .to the drawings in detail, the reference numeral 1 indicates the base of the machine, which is hollow as shown and has arranged therein a cross member 2. Secured intermediate the ends of the cross member upon its upper surface is a bearing block 3 having journaled therein a shaft 5 which has one end extending through the base and mounted in a bearing 6 secured to one side of the base as clearly shown in4 Figure 1 of the drawings. y

The top wall of the base has centrally depending therefrom a bearing 7 having passing therethrough a shaft 8 which is vertically disposed and arranged at right angles out in the appended with respect tothe shaft 5. The shaft 8 extends through the crossl member 2 and has secured to its lower end through thel instrumentality of a set screw, a collar 9. Secured to this shaft 8 andv disposed in the base is a gear 1() which is arranged A-in mesh with ak pinion- 11 fixed to the inner end of the shaft 5 while secured to the outer end of said shaft 5 is a pulley 12.

Arrangedupon the top of the base and y heldV secured thereto through the medium of bolts 13 passing through apertured ears 14 formed with the bottom thereof is the form 15 of the machine which I have shown as being square in cross section. The form 15 ris provided with an opening disposed-mits bottom for the vpassage-of the shaftk 8, and'this shaft has secured to itsupper end and rising therefrom a compact-ing former 16 arranged in the form 15 for cooperation 'with the walls thereof for compacting concrete and the like disposed between-the former and said walls. I

-at right angles upon themselves to provide handles 20.

From the above description and disclosure of the drawings, it will be apparent that I have provided a tile and block manufacturing machine that Iis extremely simple in construction and when it is `desired to form -a block, the stripper is disposed in the form as shown in Figure 1, the block forming Vmaterial is poured between the compacting former and walls of the form, and the ma.- chine is put into operation by the application of a belt or other suitable means to the pulley, such belt or means being operated from any suitable source of power. When the block has been sutliciently packed, it can be removed by the stripper. v

Different sizes of blocks can be formed by changing the sizes of the form and compacting former as these members are detachable as will be apparent. It is thought vfrom the foregoing description that the advantages and novel features of my invention will be readily apparent. i I desire it to be understood that I may make. elianges in the construction and in the combination and arrangement of the several parts, provided that such changes tall Within the scope of the appended Claims.

That claim is:

l. A machine of the character described comprising a base, a concrete form secured to and rising from Said base, a compaeting former mounted for rotation in. said form, means Jfor rotating said eompaeting former, and a Stripper detachably arranged in Said form about said compacting former.

2. A machine oi' the character described comprising a base, 'form rising from said base, means l'or detaehably securing the form to Said base', a com meting former mounted 'for rotation in said form, a shaft Secured to said compacting former and depending therefrom, means for rotating said shaft for rotating the coinlgiaeting 'former accordingly7 a stripper including a supporting plate having an opening therein to accommodate said compacting former, uprights rising from said supporting plate and handles formed with Said nprights.

3. A machine of the character described comprising a base, a form detachabl y secured to said base, a compacting former mounted for rotation in said form and being substantiallj,7 oval` shape in cross section, means for rotating said compacting former and a stripper detachably arranged in said form and provided with an opening to accommodate the compacting former. v

4.. A concrete tiley and block making machine eomprising a base, a cross member arranged in said base, a bearing supported by said cross member, a shaft mounted in said bearing and projecting through the base, a pulley7 secured through the projecting end et said shaft, a pinion Secured to the opposite end of Said shaft, a shaft disposed at right angles to the shaft first mentioned and projecting through the top of Said base, a gear secured to the shaft lprojecting through the top of said base and meshing with the pinion, a form detachably secured to and rising -from the top of said base, a compacting 'former arranged in said form and secured to the last mentioned shaft, and a Stripper removably arranged-in said Jform.

DAVE NEUVERT. 

